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By Sabri Atman When after a long illness, the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I died on March 21, 2014, the Holy Synod elected Mor Ignatius Aphrem II as Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch. This was during an uncertain and unstable period in our people’s lives for […]

By Ann-Margret “Maggie” Yonan Turlock, Ca. 8/7/2017 On Monday, August 7th, 2017 Assyrians of Stanislaus County with the help of the coordinator, Carmen Mourad held an Assyrian Genocide Remembrance Day at CSU Stanislaus in the Mainstage Theater to commemorate the Assyrian genocide from 1914-1918. The evening started at 6 pm with a […]

By Uzay Bulut / On June 23, the Armenian-Turkish newspaper Agos reported, Inquiries by the Mor Gabriel Monastery Foundation revealed that dozens of churches and monasteries have been transferred to the Treasury first and then allocated to the Presidency for Religious Affairs, known as the Diyanet, in Turkish. And the cemeteries have been transferred to the […]

The Republic of Turkey has recently confiscated Assyrian properties in Tur Abdin. This attempt to confiscate Assyrian properties, including churches, monasteries, and cemeteries, is considered by Assyrians around the world as the last bullets of the Assyrian genocide of 1915. The Turkish state has seized among others below Syriac Orthodox […]

I would like to thank the Assyrian Aid Society for inviting me here tonight and for attending. Ladies and gentleman, Three years ago, Assyrians and other Christians living in Mosul, Iraq, were sent a message by the brutal organization, ISIS. The message was; either converts to Islam and pay high […]

Memo from Director Of Assyrian Genocide Research Center Mr. Sabri Atman Dear Fellow Assyrians and Friends, I hope you are all well and enjoying a wonderful and relaxing spring. At Seyfo Center we were able to achieve this year many of our objectives; including but not limited to […]